A Warm Welcome!

​Welcome! 'keystage2literacy.co.uk...' is a webpage dedicated to all those hints and tips taught and learnt in the classroom, with a particular focus on Literacy and the Upper Key Stage 2 curriculum.

This site is aimed at new and existing teachers who would like to brush up on their subject knowledge or find some new ideas for use in their classroom. This site is also ideal for parents to find out what their children are doing in class, and for children to explain to them. The process of learning should be one that is shared between a teacher, a parent and a child- this site hopes to deliver you a mutual ground upon which everyone can understand what is expected in the 21st century classroom.

'This is the first time I have visited your site and I have to say thank you- it's a great site, with some really useful ideas. I admire people like you who take the time to share your ideas and expertise. Good on you- and keep going! I will be using some of your early morning activities on Monday!'Please find more of your feedback in theTestimonials section of the website.

One Million Page Views In A Year!

Thank you to everyone who has visited. In 2015-16, we had 1.3 million views! It is great that this site continues to provide you with at least one idea to use with your children and pupils. If there is anything that seems to be missing, please get in touch at: keystage2literacy@hotmail.com

Coming Soon...@keystage2literacy

- SPaG Resources (It looks like they are here to stay so let's get to grips with some terminology and embrace SPaG!)- Michael Morpurgo's Friend or Foe Ideas- Word Mats for Openers- Morning Activities to Support & Challenge- More Music Ideas- Examples of Writing- Life Beyond Levels

A Big Reading Project is Under Way...

During the previous academic year (2015/16), I came across an article that just desperately needed responding to. Coming soon...

'Keystage2literacy' has arrived on Twitter!

World War IIPoetry Unit

Have You Used AANVA?

Presenting '@ks2literacy' for Twitter! About time I joined the revolution and found a place for KeyStage2Literacy in the fast-paced super highways of the world. In all seriousness, Twitter is a great place to tweet and retweet all the important aspects of Literacy Education that are being talked about at the moment! Education develops quickly in order to keep up with the needs of our classes. Hence a huge array of resources and advice out there on the internet. I shall endeavour to populate my Twitter feed with all the current updates! Don't forget to Follow Me!

A perfect unit of work for whichever year group studies World War II. Here are some ideas and resources for how you might go about teaching some poetry. The end result of our unit was truly amazing and I'll be looking forward to having another go at this again next year and improving it still further!The children engaged with this in ways that I could never have imagined. Studying and developing war poetry requires maturity and sensitivity. You only need to read Dulce Et Decorum Est to know that war isn't something to be admired.

Have you used AANVA or similar with your classes? If not, please step this way for a really quick and easy way to encourage your children to write really effective sentences by considering clever ordering of words. This really is the simplest way I have found of explaining different sentence types all the way up to those sentences with subordinate clauses! Click on the pictures above to find out more...

'Keystage2literacy' has an International Following...

I would like to remind all visitors to this website that all pages on this site are copyright protected, unless stated. Where content has been used from other sources (namely the DSCF, DFES or DFE), I take no credit whatsoever. Most importantly, this site is for the use and enjoyment of all children, parents, guardians, carers and teachers who are involved in Key Stage 2 Literacy. Please use the resources/ideas as you need without replicating them for your own gains.